The complaint states that in fall 2012, Blasco, Papuga and Hall "conspired and created a plan to rob the Antiques by Pamela shop" at 319 S. Main.

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The lawsuit states Blasco, Papuga and Hall committed "an armed robbery" at the store at 10:45 a.m. Nov. 2. The trio "smashed open the show cases at the store and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of antique jewelry." The suit lists the amount as $446,140.

Currently Hall, 32, of Troy, and Papuga, 22, of White Lake Township are charged with armed robbery which carries a maximum penalty of life in prison. They are scheduled for pretrial on July 18 before Oakland County Circuit Judge Michael Warren. A trial date of Sept. 30 has also been scheduled for both men.

Oakland County prosecutors explained earlier this year that police had no leads in the case until Blasco came forward as a witness. He was granted immunity for information on the crime.

New parties named in lawsuit

After the robbery, according to the lawsuit, "Blasco took the stolen jewelry to Mikhail 'Mike' Epelman, a Canton resident, at Epelman's place of business in Northville. Epelman informed Blasco that he could not do anything with the jewelry, however knew somebody that could."

The complaint states that two hours later, "Richard Fink met up with Blasco and Epelman at Saturn's Northville location and Blasco negotiated with Fink to sell the jewelry for cash."

Fink lives in Farmington Hills, according to the lawsuit.

The suit states "Fink paid Blasco approximately $44,000 cash for the jewelry in five or six installments. Blasco thereafter share some of the proceeds with Hall and Papuga."

It continues to say "Fink sold and/or melted the jewelry and sold the meltings for profit."

The lawsuit states Krampf and the store have been damaged. According to law, it reads, "Plaintiff may recover three times the amount of actual damage sustained plus costs and reasonable attorney fees."

It continues, "Epelman, Saturn, Fink and LNT violated statutes, made no record of the transaction, failed to file any records with local police, failed to properly identify the seller (Blasco) and failed to maintain items for nine calendar days."

The robbery caused Antiques by Pamela to be shut down for almost a month causing loss of revenue, the complaint reads.

The request for a judgment of $1,338,420, and a demand for jury trial, are listed in the lawsuit. Mark Wasvary is Krampf's attorney.

"We got the names of Fink and Epelman from police reports, and Blasco testified about them in court," said Wasvary. "They purchased the jewelry for 10 cents on the dollar. Something should have told them there was something wrong. I have been told the tags (from Antiques by Pamela) were still on the jewelry."